The total number of cattle
today was comparable to last week and right around 300 head of slaughter
cattle sold. Bulls sold higher today as compared to last week by $3-4. Beef
cows were slightly lower by $1-2 of those who were similar quality and type
to last week. Holstein slaughter cows were fairly steady as compared to last
week with a lot of price overlap from lean to fleshier types. The lean
Holstein cows averaged $103.00 and the fleshier types ranged 98.50-107.00. On
the beef cows, the fleshier cows were actually in higher demand, ranging
$106-116.00 and lean cows ranging 98.50-115.50. See below for a
representative sample of animals sold, not all animals are listed due to
space limitation: